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Vivian E A Eta, Mary B S Atanga, Julius Atashili, Gibson D’Cruz. Nurses and challenges faced as clinical educators: a survey of a group of nurses in Cameroon. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2011;8:28 Key words: Clinical nurse, educators-Challenges in teaching–Improvement options-Cameroon Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/8/28/full Received: 30/12/2010 - Accepted: 02/03/2011 - Published: 20/03/2011 © Vivian E A Eta et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Nurses and challenges faced as clinical educators: a survey of a group of nurses in Cameroon
Vivian E A Eta1, Mary B S Atanga1, Julius Atashili1,&, Gibson D’Cruz2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, 2Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia, East Anglia, United Kingdom
&Corresponding author
Julius Atashili, Faculty of health Sciences, University of Buea, FHS Building, Molyko, Buea Cameroon
Clinical teaching is an important component of clinical education. In nursing, clinical teaching is ensured by clinical nurse educators (CNEs). This study aimed at describing the major challenges faced by CNEs in Cameroon.
In a qualitative study, supplemented with quantitative methods, CNEs were enrolled from three health districts to represent their frequency in Cameroon’s health delivery system.
A total of 56 CNEs participated in the study, of whom, as many as 58.9% acknowledged always facing challenges in clinical teaching and supervision. The major challenges identified were the lack of opportunities to update knowledge and skills, students’ lack of preparedness and the CNEs not being prepared for clinical teaching. CNEs attributed these challenges in major part to the lack of incentives and poor health policies.
CNEs in Cameroon do indeed face major challenges which are of diverse origins and could adversely affect teaching in clinical settings.
